Movies and TV shows like Murder One

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Murder One (1995)
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Murder One (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon, a famous young actor who has been suffering from severe drug and alcohol problems - and has been charged with the murder for which Cross was acquitted.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot: legal, lawyer, murder, courtroom, investigation, couples, hotshot lawyer, boss and employee, couple relations, workplace situations, serial killer, police, nypd, law firm, defense attorney, criminal lawyer, basketball, singer, judge, manager, jury, district attorney, attempted murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa

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Most similar movies to Murder One

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and captivating films and TV series with plots about legal, courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, power relations, dedicated lawyer and workplace mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Murder One: The Practice (1997), Matlock (1986), Law & Order (1990), Damages (2007), Law & Order Los Angeles (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Practice (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons on ABC from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, clever, stylized
Plot: law firm, lawyer, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, legal, courtroom, social problems, moral dilemma, injustice, dishonesty, workplace, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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Matlock (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount ...
Style: witty, suspenseful, serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, uncover truth, legal action, legal investigation, power relations, jury, who done it, false accusation ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia, southern usa
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Law & Order (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: crime investigation, police, law and order, legal, murder investigation, homicide detective, evidence, police officer, lawyer, punishment, rivalry, partners ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Damages (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, ...
Style: clever, rough, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: lawyer, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, court, hotshot lawyer, workplace, dishonesty, legal action, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style: tense, captivating, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sexual abuse, law and order, police detective, sex crime, law enforcement, female detective, police officer, partners against crime, police, criminal, lawyer, fighting crime ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 90s, 2020s ...
Place: new york, usa
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Law & Order  Los Angeles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, gloomy ...
Plot: investigation, legal, law and order, police investigation, legal action, murder, district attorney, fighting crime, law enforcement, power relations, courtroom, legal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder mystery, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, law student, murder, court case, college, courtroom, lgbt, teachers and students ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia
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Close to Home (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, sentimental
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, prosecutor, workplace, boss and employee, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, district attorney, family relations, power relations, jury, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana
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48%
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Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand. It first was broadcast ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, captivating
Plot: law firm, lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, female lawyer, court, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, innocence, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, swat team, murder, partners against crime, police station, robbery, police protagonist, law enforcement, partners, friends, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Client (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also of the same name.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, custody, law firm, recovering alcoholic, family problems, kids in trouble, power relations, dedicated lawyer, legal, legal action, parents and children, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 90s
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42%
100 Centre Street (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
Style: serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot: legal, courtroom, legal action, law enforcement, workplace, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, cop witness relations, jury, lawyer, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Philly (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Philly is an American television series created by Steven Bochco that focused on criminal defense attorney Kathleen Maguire. It lasted a full season and was canceled due to low ratings. The final episode was advertised heavily as the series finale, ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, legal action, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, single mother, reluctant partners, power relations, law firm, lawsuit, workplace situations, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: lawyer, intelligence agency, courtroom, murder, legal, false accusation, who done it, investigation, private detective, amateur detective, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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41%
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JAG (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot: military, marines, legal, lawyer, navy, army investigation, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: future, 90s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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40%
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Harry's Law (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown ...
Style: serious, clever, exciting, realistic, dramatic
Plot: law firm, legal, lawyer, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, court, lawyers and clients, legal action, dedicated lawyer, partners ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cincinnati ohio
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40%
The Whole Truth (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As District Attorney Kathryn Peale and defense attorney Jimmy Nolan rally their teams around their arguments and prepare to go head-to-head in the the courtroom, they make frantic moves and countermoves of complex legal wrangling to tilt justice in ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot: lawyer, legal action, district attorney, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, ego clash, legal, jury, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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40%
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, clever
Audience: kids
Plot: law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, prosecutor, murder, workplace situations, power relations, mind game, partners, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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40%
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Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, ...
Style: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, legal action, society, power relations, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Janet King (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, clever, political thriller
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, ambition, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, boss and employee, workplace situations, murder, workplace, legal action, courtroom, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Law & Order: UK (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: legal, forensics, lawyer, courtroom, police detective, fighting crime, workplace, cop witness relations, rivalry, power relations, punishment, courtroom drama ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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40%
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Shark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: lawyer, hotshot lawyer, murder, legal, prosecutor, law enforcement, false accusation, evidence, uncover truth, court, testimony, team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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39%
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, touching ...
Plot: law firm, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, legal, courtroom, court, workplace situations, courtroom drama, friends, power relations, young man, ambitious ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Conviction (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge ...
Style: rough, realistic, thought provoking, serious
Plot: legal, lawyer, law enforcement, courtroom drama, fighting the system, police detective, rivalry, sexual abuse, workplace, fighting crime, hotshot lawyer, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, mind game, law enforcement, legal action, murder, verdict, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
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38%
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The Divide (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Divide is a 2014 legal drama that aired on WE tv. The first season consisted of eight hour-long episodes. It premiered on July 16, 2014. On October 30, 2014, the series was canceled by WE-tv.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, political ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, legal investigation, district attorney, moral dilemma, courtroom, lawyers and clients, murder, planting evidence, feminist, investigation, misplaced guilt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, legal, lawyer, intelligence agency, murder mystery, criminal, buddy cop, private investigator, crime investigation, courtroom, jury, fighting crime ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: hawaii, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Defenders (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Defenders is a drama about two colorful Las Vegas defense attorneys who go all-in when it comes to representing their clients. Nick and Pete are the local go-to guys with an eclectic client list who are still looking to hit their own jackpot.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, jury, courtroom, workplace, hopes, legal, courtroom drama, defense attorney, legal action, lawyers and clients, partners, coworker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Quincy M.E. (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner. Inspired by the book Where Death ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: kids
Plot: legal, medical, police, coroner, murder, law enforcement, police detective, intelligence agency, murder mystery, investigation, supernatural, hospital ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: intelligence agency, lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, false accusation, power relations, righting the wronged, uncover truth, legal, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%